Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972

Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	29 January 1972
Selected entrant	Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor
Selected song	"Muistathan"
Selected songwriter(s)	Juha Flinck; Nacke Johansson;
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 78 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor, with the song "Muistathan", at the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 25 March in Edinburgh.

Before Eurovision edit

National final edit

The Finnish national final was held on 29th January at the YLE TV Studios in Helsinki, hosted by Aarre Elo. The winner was chosen by postcard voting. The results were announced on 5th February.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Place	Votes
1	Katri Helena	"Sua rakastan"	Valto Laitinen (m.), Sauvo Puhtila (l.)	2	18,530
2	Kirka	"Kaikkea on"	Erik Lindström (m.), Sauvo Puhtila (l.)	3	10,324
3	Viktor Klimenko	"Romantique"	Rauno Lehtinen (m. & l.)	6	3,363
4	Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor	"Muistathan"	Juha Flinck (m. & l.), Nacke Johansson (m.)	1	24,963
5	Christer	"Voin kaiken tunnustaa"	Henry Haapalainen (m. & l.)	5	3,929
6	Jukka Kuoppamäki	"Kaukana oot ja lähellä aivan"	Seppo Paakkunainen (m.), Jukka Kuoppamäki (l.)	7	1,951
7	Seija Simola	"Kaukainen laulu"	Heimo Saksio (m.), Liisa Montan-Jyrä (l.)	4	5,072
8	Tapani Perttu	"Juoksupyörä"	Esa Pethman (m.), Tupuna Vaissi (l.)	8	1,052

At Eurovision edit

On the night of the final Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor performed 10th in the running order, following Malta and preceding Austria. The entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up 78 points and placed 12th of the 18 entries.

Voting edit

Points awarded to Finland^[1]
Score	Country
10 points
9 points
8 points	Belgium Netherlands
7 points
6 points	Luxembourg Norway Spain
5 points	Monaco United Kingdom
4 points	Germany Sweden Portugal Yugoslavia
3 points	Switzerland France Ireland Austria Italy Malta
2 points

Points awarded by Finland^[1]
Score	Country
10 points
9 points	Netherlands
8 points
7 points	Norway Switzerland United Kingdom
6 points	Italy Luxembourg
5 points	Germany Monaco Sweden Malta
4 points	Spain Austria France Belgium
3 points	Ireland Yugoslavia
2 points	Portugal

Sources edit

^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Edinburgh 1972". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[1972detailed-1] "Results of the Final of Edinburgh 1972". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

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